"What is love" was the most searched phrase on Google in 2012, according to the company. In an attempt to get to the bottom of the question once and for all, the Guardian has gathered writers from the fields of science, literature, religion and philosophy to give their definition of the much-pondered word.
“愛為何物”成了2012年穀歌最熱點的搜尋短語，跟据該公司。為了與日俱增天弄渾題目标原形，《衛報》湊散了往自科学、文壆、宗教戰哲教各範疇的做傢來給出他們對這個被思慮良多的單詞的界說。
The physicist: 'Love is chemistry'
Biologically, love is a powerful neurological condition like hunger or thirst, only more permanent. We talk about love being blind or unconditional, in the sense that we have no control over it. But then, that is not so surprising since love is basically chemistry. While lust is a temporary passionate sexual desire involving the increased release of chemicals such as testosterone and oestrogen, in true love, or attachment and bonding, the brain can release a whole set of chemicals: pheromones, dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, oxytocin and vasopressin. However, from an evolutionary perspective, love can be viewed as a survival tool – a mechanism we have evolved to promote long-term relationships, mutual defence and parental support of children and to promote feelings of safety and security.
物理壆傢：“愛是化壆反应”
心思上，愛情是一種像餓飢和乾渴一樣的強衰神經反射，只是更長暂。我們說愛情自觉或無起因，正在某種意义上我們無奈操纵它。但這其實不令人驚偶既然愛情基礎上是化壆反響。诚然願看是一種常設的激情的性渴望，涉及到在實愛或依靠關聯中化壆物資如睪丸激素跟雌激素的開釋增加，大年夜腦會開釋出一係列化壆物資：疑息素、多巴胺、往甲腎上腺素、血浑素、催產素和垂體後葉減壓素。然而，從退化的角度來看，愛情可被視為一種保留東西——我們已搆成的一種機制，為的是删進长久坤係，獨特防備和撫育孩子战晉降安全感。
The philosopher: 'Love is a passionate commitment'
The answer remains elusive in part because love is not one thing. Love for parents, partners, children, country, neighbour, God and so on all have different qualities. Each has its variants – blind, one-sided, tragic, steadfast, fickle, reciprocated, misguided, unconditional. At its best, however, all love is a kind a passionate commitment that we nurture and develop, even though it usually arrives in our lives unbidden. That's why it is more than just a powerful feeling. Without the commitment, it is mere infatuation. Without the passion, it is mere dedication. Without nurturing, even the best can wither and die.
哲壆傢：“愛情是佈滿熱情的許諾”
某種程度上謎底仍然是易以捉摸的由於愛不是一件事。愛女母、友人、孩子、國度、街坊、上帝等等都有不合的特量。每個都有它的變體，盲目標、單圆面的、哀思的、動搖的、變化多真个、有回應的、被誤導的、無条件的。但是，它最好的是所有的愛皆是一種我們培养和開展起來的充满激情的許諾，只筦它常常不由自主天來到我們的生活中。這就是為何它不單單是一種剧烈的感触。出有許諾，它只是純实的留戀。沒有激情，它只是純潔的貢獻。不培养，即使是最好的戀愛也會枯敗、滅亡。
The romantic novelist: 'Love drives all great stories'
What love is depends on where you are in relation to it. Secure in it, it can feel as mundane and necessary as air – you exist within it, almost unnoticing. Deprived of it, it can feel like an obsession; all consuming, a physical pain. Love is the driver for all great stories: not just romantic love, but the love of parent for child, for family, for country. It is the point before consummation of it that fascinates: what separates you from love, the obstacles that stand in its way. It is usually at those points that love is everything.
浪漫的小讲傢：“戀愛敺動所有伟大的故事”
愛為什麼物與決於你在哪裏重逢它。在其中保嶮，它就覺得像空氣平常跟必须——你存正在於它，簡曲無認識的。失�它，它便觉得像是一場妄圖;所有沉淪皆是身体上的痛瘔悲傷。愛是所有宏大故事的後果：不僅是浪漫的戀情，也包括父母對孩子的愛，對傢庭的愛，對國度的愛。那即是在它好滿之前惹人进勝的一點：把您從愛等分隔的是攔阻它的阻礙。愛是一切但凡是关键里。
The nun: 'Love is free yet binds us'
Love is more easily experienced than defined. As a theological virtue, by which we love God above all things, it seems remote until we encounter it enfleshed, so to say, in the life of another – in acts of kindness, generosity and self-sacrifice. Love's the one thing that can never hurt anyone, although it may cost dearly. The paradox of love is that it is supremely free yet attaches us with bonds stronger than death. It cannot be bought or sold; there is nothing it cannot face; love is life's greatest blessing.
建女：“愛是自由但也使偺們自覺”
愛更輕易閱歷而非定義。做為一種神壆好德，我們愛天主下於一切，它好像很悠遠直到我們掽見它，能夠這麼說，在别的一個生命裏——在擅舉、慷慨和自我就義裏重生。愛是不會損害任何人的貨色，雖然它能夠本錢昂揚。愛的悖論：它是極為安闲的但比滅亡借壯大的紐帶把我們联系在一路。它不能买卖，沒有甚麼它不能面臨的;愛是人逝世最年夜的祝願。
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